BISON SHOOTING 



at once. For this shot, the spot to be aimed at is 

 about nine inches below the termination of the 

 dorsal ridge. 



If no better shot can be obtained as for instance 

 when the animal is standing broadside-on, with all 

 its body, with the exception of one hind-quarter, 

 hidden by cover the best plan is not to delay 

 in the hope that it will afford a better chance, but 

 to at once break the hip-joint, which done, the bull 

 cannot escape. 



Should the animal be standing facing the sports- 

 man, a shot in the centre of the chest is fatal, and 

 is quite as rapid in effect as is one behind the 

 shoulder. If, on the contrary, the bull be stand- 

 ing or moving away, with only his hind-quarters 

 visible, the best shot is straight under the root of the 

 tail. A bullet fired thus from a powerful weapon 

 will rake the whole body and penetrate the vitals. 

 Even should the aim be hardly true, one or other 

 of the hip-joints or hind-legs will probably be 

 broken. A bison with a broken leg cannot travel 

 far, and will be soon recovered on following up. 

 A shot fired diagonally behind the ribs in a line 

 to the opposite shoulder is a deadly one. 



If only the head of the animal be visible poked 

 up and staring at the sportsman with the nose well 

 elevated a shot in the cartilage of the nose, plumb 

 centre, and slightly above a line drawn between 

 the nostrils, will penetrate the brain and drop 

 the bull dead on the spot. 



For finishing off a floored bull (which common 

 humanity requires should be done at the earliest 



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